An example method of memory management in a computing system having a plurality of processors includes: receiving a first memory allocation request at a memory manager from a process executing on a processor of the plurality of processors in the computing system; allocating a local memory pool for the processor from a global memory pool for the plurality of processors in response to the first memory allocation request; and allocating memory from the local memory pool for the processor in response to the first memory allocation request without locking the local memory pool.